Flexibility & security : what forms of political regulation ?
(2004) Transfer : European review of labour and research — Vol. 10, n° 2, p. 300-318 (2004)
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- This article examines the strengths and weaknesses of the concept of ‘flexicurity’, calling into question the tendency of the contemporary cultural imagination to regard flexibility as a framework for the expression of individual freedom. It then describes a range of possible policy options, in relation to the market, in the perspective of combining flexibility of labour and security of persons. Three major options emerge: the ‘procedural', the ‘neo-substantive’ and the ‘partnership’ options. As a conclusion, this article comes out in favour of a different policy which would alter the framework for public intervention. It especially underlines the need for a ‘flexible’ and ‘decentred’ Welfare State, capable of supporting and encompassing forms of regulation emanating from civil society, in particular – but not exclusively – from the social partners.
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de Nanteuil, M. (2004). Flexibility & security : what forms of political regulation ? Transfer : European review of labour and research, 10(2), 300-318. https://doi.org/10.1177/102425890401000211 (Original work published 2004)